The Necessity for Nuclear Power

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The need for more energy

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 1-24

3. Energy demand

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 25-40

4. The availability of oil

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 41-51

5. Coal

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 52-63

6. Nuclear power

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 64-97

7. How much nuclear plant in operation by the year 2000?

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 98-118

8. Nuclear power utilisation

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 119-125

9. Nuclear process heat

   • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

   Pages 126-142

10. The comparative hazards of energy production and use

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 143-147

11. The hazards of fuel production

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 148-156

12. The hazards of power generation

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 157-170

13. Carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 171-173

14. Hazard of major accidents

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 174-188

15. Three Mile Island

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 189-194

16. Waste disposal

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 195-209

17. Nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 210-220

18. Opposition to nuclear power

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 221-236

19. Conclusion

    • Geoffrey Greenhalgh

    Pages 237-239

20. Back Matter

    Pages 241-250

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Energy is no longer a purely technical and commercial question; it has become a political issue affecting the welfare of all mankind with far-reaching implications for the preservation of world peace. It is therefore vitally important for all of us that the right energy decisions be taken without delay and that the important contri­ bution which nuclear energy can make toward the solution of the world energy problem should not be overlooked or, even worse, discarded. It is now recognized that the only significant choices we have, until at least the end of this century, for the production of electric power are coal and nuclear energy and at some places hydropower. Of course, we have to use all other alternative energy sources available and capable of development, but one should realize that by the end of the century, those sources can only make a marginal contribution. The shrinking world reserves and rising costs of petroleum will eventually eliminate it as a source of energy, except for propulsion purposes and uses by the petro-chemical industry. Conservation measures in the more affluent countries and higher priority given to alternative energy technologies may only retard the growth of the demand for electricity.

• accident
• carbon dioxide
• coal
• development
• electricity
• energy
• fuel
• greenhouse effect
• growth
• industry
• nuclear energy
• petroleum
• power generation
• production
• waste

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